Nearly two years into the pandemic, D.C. bar scene returns to 'normal'
Inside the establishment, techno beats bumping under pink and red lights, 32-year-old Justin Pope was nursing an IPA and Old Fashioned at the bar as he chatted with his younger brother, back to their bimonthly routine of sibling nights out.“It’s a big tidal wave about to wash ashore,” Pope said. “Everybody’s been tired. Everybody’s been waiting. Our freedom is coming back.
“We’ve made decisions that deprioritize the vulnerable for the sake of the majority, and that doesn’t sit well with me,” said Sehgal, who lives near the U Street corridor. “But now that those decisions have been made … the challenge now is for the average District dweller to appropriately estimate their level of risk.
The group maintained that the pandemic was not going anywhere: “We’re not post-covid, we’re still in covid,” they said almost in unison.
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